The purpose of life with Jesus!

“I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church.” Colossians 1:4

Today you will wake up and go about life participating in your work, family and friends, meals, fitness or special interests, and whatever else life brings to you. This is a superficial view of your life from the perspective of God.

God looks through your life today to draw you to Himself and to use you to accomplish His purposes.

You have to be crucified with Jesus to do His work. You will suffer as Jesus did on the cross. Your body is a vessel of God and the afflictions of Jesus Christ in the world today are your burden.

This can be a calling to be an intercessor for those in bondage to sin, expressing the light of God through your words and actions to others, or confronting sin and corruption.

God is at work today to purify you with His virtue and show you the afflictions He is suffering for His people. You are an instrument of God to bring salvation and justice to the world.

Jesus Christ is calling you today to walk by faith and to be filled with His life. This life is not for you. It is to be shared with those mired in sin and the weak and impoverished of the world.

Thought for the day:

“Your life belongs to Me for My purposes. Make your priority to know Me and understand My ways. You will find the life of Jesus when you abandon yourself wholly to Me and live in Me through prayer, praise for My exalted name, and dwelling in the Living Word. I am a God who will give you more than you ask or think and bless you with an abundant life.”